Sup. Just wanted yall to know, I making sure Calypso stays in character while she interacts with Leo. Hard, but doing my best. Enjoy!

Leo wondered if there was a special protocol for hiring employees. If there was, then Hephaestus must have completely ignored it. No request for a resume and no request for a job interview. Heck, Hephaestus didn't even make a job application form. And even Leo thought that was necessary. At least get those papers that have I have read the terms and conditions. But Leo should have known better. After all, he was there when Hephaestus hired Beckendorf:

"You're not one of my automatons, are you?"

"Umm… No sir."

"You're pretty good with that hammer, eh? I see you used it before, and I'm impressed."

"Umm… Yes, sir. I had plenty of experie-"

"You want to work here?"

And bam. Beckdorf got the job. An excellent job, might Leo add. After all, the Vulcan's Mechanics was one the best workshop in the state of New York. Leo did suppose that should call for a selective job process, but Hephaestus had keen eyes: he knows a genius when he sees one. He doesn't need a standardized testing or procedure to know if a person can use a hammer or not. Impress him, and you get the job. Easier said than done. Leo knew his father. Hephaestus was almost like a god when it comes to engineering. Good luck trying to catch his eye. Hell, it took Leo ages to catch his father's eyes. It wasn't that his father was disappointed in him. Hephaestus was proud of Leo, that, Leo could guarantee. But Hephaestus, although a nice guy, had a fatalistic view of living beings. Leo couldn't blame him. Not when he learned that Hephaestus' mother tried to abandon her son, just because she thought he was ugly. Leo understood that. But sometimes Leo had to admit, Hephaestus was an awkward, distant father. What Leo was trying to say, Hephaestus was hard to impress, and the girl was against the odds in getting the job.

Leo stared at the girl. She was definitely out of his league. She's applying for the job here, Leo scolded. Right. He forgot.

" Oh, right. My name is Leo. Welcome to Vulcan's Machines." Leo clasped his hand together. He gave her a cheerful grin.

Calypso crossed her arms and gave Leo a playful smirk, the gentleness was gone."Valdez?"

Leo wavered his smile. Leo wondered how Calypso recognized him. "How did you-?"

Calypso gave him a stare. " Well, your father is the most inventive genius New York has to offer. I can recognize him anywhere."

Leo snorted. They all could. Leo darkly thought, well there's a reason why Tia Callida tried to abandon him. " That still doesn't explain why you know me. I mean, I like to say I got my looks from my mother."

Calypso gave him a smirk, "That's debatable, besides you don't physically resemble him. You look like you could barely lift a screwdriver."

Geez, isn't she a ray of sunshine. Leo thought. So much for being that nice goddess who saved heros on a paradise island. "Well, Sunshine," Leo said. " You don't look much of an engineer yourself." That was technically true. She reminded Leo of those popular girls at school with that smirk of hers. She was pretty but haughty. Leo felt an immediate attraction. Annoyance, Leo corrected himself. Nobody questions Leo's ability to build. Nobody. Not even if she looked like a smokin' hot goddess. "If you want a job here, then you gotta have skills like Super-Sized Mcshizzle." He flexed his biceps towards her.

Calypso gave him a laugh. It was a happy sound that made Leo's heart drop. Totally irrelevant. "We'll see about that, just lead me to your father first."

"No need for that, " Hephaestus grumbled. He was leaning on the door of his workroom. He was huge and had a bushy beard. Crippled, his leg was attached to a walking assistance he made himself. "Calypso, beautiful as always."

Calypso bowed her head respectfully and Leo was shocked. "Wait!" Leo exclaimed. " You two know each other?"

Calypso ignored him (Of course). " The Court case ultimately ruled that my house arrest has been lifted. And my circumstances with Atlas changed. Especially with an appeal from Iapet- I mean Bob."

"Wait," Leo held his hand in a t-formation. "Time out. House arrest? Exactly who are you? Some kind of criminal?"

Calypso ignored him, again. Hephaestus gave him a hard stare that seemed to say, Don't ask. Not now.

Hephaestus turned towards Calypso. " Lifted, eh?" He scratched his beard. "Hmm. Father will surely complain about this. But, who cares?" Hephaestus clasped his hands. Like father, like son. "Welcome to the Vulcan's Mechanics!"

Leo was shocked. No test? Hell, even a simple question, "Can you fix?" would have been fine. His father couldn't be serious, could he?

"Wait. You can't be serious." Leo glared at Hephaestus. "You're just gonna hire that girl, just like that?" It wasn't right. Leo spent countless hours trying to let his father approve Leo working at the Vulcan's Workshop. He was never the one to get jealous easily. But this wasn't fair. She just waltzes in here, insulted Leo's pride, and just got an excellent job.

Hephaestus gave him a sympathetic look. A look of pity. I'll explain later, his eyes would say.

"Hey," Calypso snorted. "I'm right here, you know. You're stuck with me, Repair Boy"

Leo growled at her. That's what his friends called him, and it was only cool when they said it. Only them. This was not the way he was expecting the day to end. He sure wished he was with Jason and Percy. At least they don't have girl problems at the moment, Leo thought. (Boy, was he wrong)

Leo was a teenage boy. That was the truth. He was interested in things just like any other guys out there. He enjoys cheering for Jason while he dominates a basketball game. He enjoys watching Percy destroy competition in a swim meet. He enjoys rooting for Frank while he's a total beast in a football game. He especially enjoys the small chats him and his friends have at the Vulcan's Mechanics while he's repairing some machines. He was into sports, cars, and food. He was a guy, after all. But that also meant he was into girls. Leo may not know anything about girls. But he knows when something is attractive. He knows Katie is attractive, especially when she's mad (Don't tell her he said that). He knows Clarisse is attractive when she's in the mood to smile (Don't tell her he said that). He knows Reyna is attractive when she's not glaring right into your soul (Okay, REALLY don't tell her he said that). Point is, Leo had the basic gist of what's hot and what's not. And all though he hated to admit it, Calypso was hot.

She was braiding the bronze wiring faster than Leo could ever have. Leo couldn't help but stare at her grimy fingers. It didn't help that Leo thought there was nothing hotter than a girl willing to get her hands dirty. But it was a general statement for rhetorical purposes. This didn't apply to Calypso specifically. It didn't.

"Huh," Leo grudgingly admitted. "That went faster than I expected." He was still staring at her as she was trying to fix a broken machine. A sweat dripped on her forehead, onto her clothes. She changed into a pair of jeans and a white t-shirt. At the moment, she didn't seem like a goddess, but she was still (annoyingly) beautiful. But her T-shirt was covered in oil and her cinnamon-toast hair was tied back.

Leo thought it looked great on her. But that was completely irrelevant. Right now he had to focus on his work. He can't let some amateur one-up him. Leo tried his best, but he couldn't stop and stare at Calypso as she was working her magic, softly singing a song in an incoherent language. Maybe Greek? Whatever it was, it was beautiful. It made Leo feel safe and happy. It brought back happy memories with his frien-FOCUS.

He totally wished he accepted Jason's offer in the morning. At least, he would have avoided the trouble.